PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
School-based physical education programs focus on teaching students how to move, how to make movement more efficient and effective, and how to use movement skills in a variety of activities now and throughout life. Physical education programs support fitness development as well as fostering positive social interaction, team work, and strategic thinking. Opportunities for physical activity should not be limited to physical educations classes. Recess, after-school programs, interscholastic and intramural sport programs, walking and biking programs, and walk-to-school efforts help students see that physical activity is fun and makes them feel better.
Physical Activity
- Action for Healthy Kids
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation-Promotes Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
- American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
- American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation
- American Heart Association-Children and Exercise
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Get Moving, Get Healthy NJ
- International Movement Supporting Play for All Children
- Mrs. Obama's Let's Move Campaign
- National Dance Association
- NJ Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
- Physical Activity Guidelines for Youth
- Play 60: The NFL Promotes Physical Activity
- Shaping NJ
- Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation
White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President
- State Obesity Fact Sheets-National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)
- The President’s Challenge
Physical Education
- Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards
- American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
- Fitness Assessment
- Health and PE Information Page
- National Association for Sport and Physical Education
- New Jersey Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
- Teaching Ideas
Athletics
- Coaching Education
- National Federation of State High School Association: Interscholastic Sports and Activities
- New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
Walk to School Programs
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